Development and Reform Committee announces seven major tasks for Western development this year

Xinhua Beijing, April 29, according to the National Development and Reform Commission 29th, this year, the development of the West will do a good job in seven areas, including maintaining a stable and rapid economic development in the western region, continue to strengthen infrastructure and ecological environment, strengthen the foundation of agricultural and rural Development, vigorously develop the characteristics of the industry　　We should actively promote the development of social undertakings and improve people's livelihood, strengthen reform and opening-up, and strive to complete post-disaster reconstruction tasks. The NDRC said this year was the key year for the implementation of the Western development strategy.　　It is of great significance to strengthen the development of the western region to further consolidate the economic recovery and promote regional coordinated development. In order to maintain a stable and rapid economic development in the western region, the state will urgently promulgate some opinions on the implementation of the Strategy for the development of the western regions, study and formulate relevant supporting measures and implementation rules, and put into practice the Western development policy. Continue to increase the central government's transfer payments to the western region and the support of various types of special funds, the new central investment to the people's livelihood projects, ecological environment, infrastructure, industrial structure adjustment and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and other fields tilt.　　To carry out "the development of the West" Twelve-Five "planning" work. In order to speed up the construction of a moderately advanced, functional and safe and efficient modern infrastructure system, the western region will further expand the scale of integrated transport network, continue to promote the western section of the National Highway Network and the development of eight highways in the west, to open provincial and urban intermittent road, and continue to promote a group　　To speed up the construction of information infrastructure such as broadband internet and 3G network, and promote energy infrastructure such as oil and gas pipeline network and power grid.　　In order to consolidate the achievements of returning farmland to forest and returning pasture and grassland, the relevant departments will draw up the overall plan of returning farmland to forest, return to pasture and grass "Twelve-Five" planning, and improve the policy of returning grazing and grassland. According to the arrangements of the departments concerned, while strengthening the foundation of agricultural and rural development in the western region this year, we will vigorously develop the characteristic advantageous industries, including vigorously develop the energy saving and environmental protection, new energy, materials, biomedicine, information Network and other strategic emerging industries; , dig deep into the cultural resources of history and nationality, and vigorously develop the characteristic cultural industry.　　Strengthen the construction of tourism infrastructure, cultivate and build a group of well-known tourist attractions and tourist routes. To promote the development of social undertakings and improve people's livelihood, this year, the western region will promote the balanced development of compulsory education, continue to do a good job in rural junior Middle School School renovation project, primary and secondary school school safety Engineering, special education schools, secondary vocational education, basic capacity building and other major educational special construction　　To strengthen the construction of public health service and emergency management capacity, promote the construction of the city and above key hospitals, support and promote the development of Chinese Medicine and national medicine. In addition, the western region will increase the reform and opening-up efforts: promote the state-owned economic layout and strategic adjustment, implement the strategy of advantageous resources transformation, actively undertake the industrial transfer in the East Central region, vigorously improve the investment environment, promote the development of non-public economy, deepen the price reform of resource products, improve the renewable energyElectricity pricing and cost allocation mechanism, deepen the comprehensive rural reform, improve collective forest rights system reform supporting policies, continue to promote grassland basic management system reform, give full play to edge advantage, promote the economic and trade cultural exchanges with neighboring countries.